Pupusatime Might Be The Best Meal You'll Find For Under $5

You'll pay more in tolls on the drive there

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There are plenty of cheese-stuffed, fried cornmeal flatbreads in Latin American cuisines. But none are as fun to say as “pupusa.” It’s literally impossible to sound angry when you’re saying pupusa. Even if you’re saying it in Russian.

Perhaps the only thing more enjoyable than saying “pupusa” is eating a pupusa, especially if said pupusa comes from Pupusatime, a bright blue shack on the corner of Johnson Street and SR-7 in Hollywood.

Inside you’ll find the best place for Salvadorian street food in South Florida, cranked out by a husband-and-wife team making each one from scratch on a tiny grill. That means every pupusa is made as fresh as if you were eating at someone’s home. And that also means it may take a while. But hanging around inside is part of the experience, and within two bites you’ll completely forget how long you’ve been there.

Ok cool. But before I drive to Broward what is a pupusa?

Like its cousins the arepa and …